Beer of Tomorrow

Monthly: November 2013

Craft beer and Thanksgiving are a natural match. There is no better time to explore beer + food pairing, try to convert stubborn relatives, and descend into a food + beer induced stupor.

This year, craft beer is in the national consciousness more than ever before, and there is no shortage of articles and posts about how to work craft beer into you feast. Instead of writing our own (we did that last year anyways), we’ve decide to gather some of our favorite coverage from across the internet into one handy post. Read more →

Reddit may be a wretched hive of scum and villainy, but it is also oddly compelling. If you’re a redditor in Los Angeles interested in craft beer, come check out the new r/LABeer subreddit to stay up-to-date on all the goings-on.

In August 2013 I was invited to take a trip to the Firestone Walker brewery in Paso Robles to attend the annual winemakers blending session that would create the brewery’s seventeenth anniversary beer. The following account of the trip only touches on the amazing experience. I hope you enjoy my telling of how a dozen central coast winemakers and one intrepid beer writer came together to create a beer unlike anything else. Read more →